New Job?

Last week I had a phone interview with a company and yesterday I went to the company for a face to face interview. The woman who interviewed me said I was her pick for the job, which made me very excited. She said she had one more interview, but was looking to hire me. At one point she asked me a question, I answered and she said, "you know, you just keep saying all the right things. I'm excited because I keep wondering, 'what is Amanda going to say next?'"

The company I interviewed with does back-end processing for pre-paid services such as cell phones and long distance phone cards. The company also has their own network system and my main job would be loading these PIN numbers from the pre-paid services into their system. Here's the job description from Monster.com: "PIN Import Specialist will be responsible for receiving and loading virtual inventory from vendors and customers into the [company name] system." Apparently, there is one guy, in Bogota, Colombia, that handles this job now, but he is moving up in the company, so they need someone to replace him. Part of this job does require being on-call evenings and weekends and from what I understand, there would be a system, such as a text message, to let me know when I needed to import something into the system and then I could do it from a laptop provided to me.

During the phone interview, the woman did say that this would be a trial-and-error type of position, meaning that this would be a new position at their office and from what she knows, it is a full time position. Yesterday during the interview, I made a point of asking again if it was full time and what happens if turns out not to be full time. She said that there were a "billion other things," that she could give me to do if indeed importing PIN numbers wasn't a full time job.

They pay is almost $10,000 more a year than I am getting now and does come with full benefits, 401k and vacation/sick time. It is a bit of a drive, all the way to Foothill Ranch, which is right next to Mission Viejo in South Orange County, but I figure, it might be worth it and once I get settled into the job and if I really like it, I can always look into moving that direction.

The fact that the job is trial-and-error does have me a little concerned, but at the same time, I am willing to try it out and see what happens. I am at a point in my life right now where something has got to change...financially, mentally and physically. I am just run down and exhausted. And even though I have some concerns, I also feel more than willing to try it. Maybe I'll really love it. And maybe I'll realize it's not for me, but in that case, it would give me the experience and move up the pay-scale that would help me find something else if need be. I will also continue to job hunt if I do take this position just in case it doesn't pan out.

I am trying to be smart about this and ask necessary questions, so if any of you out there are reading this and have questions, please ask me. It may be a question I have not thought to ask. Or it may be a scenario that has not crossed my mind. It seems like shakey time, economy wise, to be switching jobs, so I want to make sure I am covering my bases. If you have any thoughts, throw them at me. At the moment, I intend to accept the job if it officially offered.